Swimming pool liner retaining bracket
AssigneeHome & Roam Leisure Inc.
InventorJohn T. Laputka
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Abstract
A liner retaining bracket for an above-ground swimming pool is constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching the pool liner to the upper edge of a retaining wall and interlocking with an adjacent supporting upright. Use of the liner retaining bracket facilitates assembly of above-ground swimming pools while enhancing its structural integrity.
Claims25
In a swimming pool including a vertical retaining wall having an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface, said retaining wall having a horizontal edge portion, a pool liner overlying said inwardly facing surface of said retaining wall, and a vertical supporting upright having a vertical side edge portion, said supporting upright overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall, in combination with a bracket comprising a body having a substantially horizontal first portion and a substantially vertical second portion, said body positioned overlying and adjacent the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall such that said horizontal first portion is arranged adjacent the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall and said vertical second portion is arranged adjacent the vertical side edge portion of said supporting upright, said horizontal first portion and said vertical second portion constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching a pool liner to the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall by means of said horizontal first portion and releasably interlocking with the adjacent vertical side edge portion of said supporting upright by means of said vertical second portion.
A swimming pool comprising a vertical retaining wall having an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface, said retaining wall having a horizontal edge portion, a plurality of vertical supporting uprights each having a vertical side edge portion, said supporting uprights overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall for the support thereof, a pool liner received within the confines of said retaining wall and partially supported by the inwardly facing surface thereof, and a plurality of brackets, said brackets including a substantially horizontal first portion and a substantially vertical second portion, each of said brackets positioned overlying and adjacent the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall such that said horizontal first portion is arranged adjacent the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall and said vertical second portion is arranged adjacent said vertical side edge portion of one of said supporting uprights, said horizontal first portion and said vertical second portion constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching said pool liner to the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall by means of said horizontal edge portion and releasably interlocking with the adjacent vertical side edge portion of one of said supporting uprights by means of said vertical second portion.
In a swimming pool including a vertical retaining wall having an outwardly facing and an inwardly facing surface, said retaining wall having a horizontal edge portion, a pool liner overlying said inwardly facing surface of said retaining wall, and a vertical supporting upright having a vertical edge portion, said supporting upright overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall, in combination with a bracket comprising a body having a substantially horizontal first portion and a substantially vertical second portion, said body positioned overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall such that said horizontal first portion is arranged adjacent the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall and said vertical second portion is arranged adjacent the vertical edge portion of said supporting upright, said vertical second portion comprising a channel member arranged along a vertical edge of said body and having an opening for receiving and engaging a portion of the vertical edge portion of said supporting upright, said horizontal first portion and said vertical second portion constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching a pool liner to the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall by means of said horizontal first portion and releasably interlocking with an adjacent vertical edge portion of said supporting upright by means of said vertical second portion.
A swimming pool comprising a vertical retaining wall having an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface, said retaining wall having a horizontal edge portion, a plurality of vertical supporting uprights each having a vertical edge portion, said supporting uprights overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall for the support thereof, a pool liner received within the confines of said retaining wall and partially supported by the inwardly facing surface thereof, and a plurality of brackets, said brackets including a substantially horizontal first portion and a substantially vertical second portion, each of said brackets positionable overlying the outwardly facing surface of said retaining wall such that said horizontal first portion is arranged adjacent the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall and said vertical second portion is arranged adjacent said vertical edge portion of one of said supporting uprights, said vertical second portion comprising a channel member arranged along a vertical edge of said bracket and having an opening for receiving and engaging a portion of the vertical edge portion of an adjacent supporting upright, said horizontal first portion and said vertical second portion constructed and arranged for simultaneously and conjointly attaching said pool liner to the horizontal edge portion of said retaining wall by means of said horizontal edge portion and releasably interlocking with an adjacent vertical edge portion of one of said supporting uprights by means of said vertical second portion.
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